11:24 PM,
Apr. 4, 2014

Aaron Nola pitched LSU to a win over Mississippi State.

Written by

Glenn Guilbeau
gguilbeau@gannett.com

BATON ROUGE - A train roared by Alex Box Stadium just after LSU won its first Southeastern Conference game since March 22 on Friday night by beating No. 9 Mississippi State 3-0 in front of 6,712.

Call it the return train.

LSU, victims of a three-game sweep for the first time since 2011 last week at Florida with a loss at Tulane before that, traveled from last place to first class - at least for a night - with a 3-0 victory over the SEC West leaders. Aaron Nola (6-1) limited the Bulldogs (20-11, 6-4 SEC) to two hits and struck out 10 for the victory in eight innings. ...